Task of Meeting the Demand for "Old Glory" 



The stripes are cut 

 alternately, first 

 red and then white, 

 at a surprising rate 

 of speed. Then 

 another battery of 

 workers sew the 

 red and white 

 stripes together. 

 Big flags and little 

 of silk, felt 

 or bunting, all are 

 cut in the same way 



The sewing on the 

 very fine flags 

 done by hand, but 

 it must be made 

 especially strong, so 

 that the flags will 

 be able to with- 

 stand the flapping 

 of the wind, which is 

 no respecter of fine 

 materials or deli- 

 cate needlework 



In center: For spe- 

 cial designs, stencils 

 are made by means 

 of a perforating 

 machine. A black 

 powder is applied 

 over these stencils 

 to mark the design 

 on the cloth. Then 

 artists bring the de- 

 sign into relief with 

 oil paint and brush 



The machines used 

 for the stitching 

 are threaded with 

 great spools of cot- 

 ton containing 

 twenty-four thou- 

 sand yards each. 

 This is fed in with 

 lightning swiftness 

 and the sewing is 

 done with never a 

 "drop" stitch 



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